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Mischa Auer

Actor | * 11/17/1905 († 61, 03/05/1967) | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy My Man Godfrey, which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and Italy well into the 1960s. ()
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Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American stage, screen, and television actor, in films from 1928.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Mischa Auer

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Mischa Auer as Actor(148)

as (archive footage)1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as il Granduca di Forilarì1967 Per amore... per magia...
as Romeo1966 Drop Dead Darling
as Jonathan, the Elf Foreman1966 The Christmas That Almost Wasn't
as Mischa1964 I due mafiosi
as Psychiatrist1964 Queste pazze, pazze donne
as Colonel & President1963 We Joined the Navy
as Le baron Lionel de Balconi1963 Ladies First
as The Master of the King's Music1963 The King's Breakfast
as Boris1958 Tabarin
as Pedro1958 Le tombeur
as Cyril Boran1957 Nathalie
as Charles Magne1957 La Polka des menottes
as Hector, the Maitre D'1956 The Monte Carlo Story
as Igor1956 That Naughty Girl
as The Professor1955 Mr. Arkadin
as l'écrivain médiocre et alcoolique1955 The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as Grand-Duc Alexis1955 Frou-Frou
as Pascual1955 La pícara molinera
as Berger1955 School for Love
as Garopoulos1955 Trois de la Canebière
as Comte Marcel de Sarliac1952 Song of Paris
as Bernard Stork1949 Fame and the Devil
as Danilo Biruski1949 Snow White and the Seven Thieves
as Ali Imagu1948 Sofia
as Alec Shaw1947 For You I Die
as Gregory Petrovich Rogozhin1946 Sentimental Journey
as Nikita "Nikki" Starloff1945 And Then There Were None
as Captain Sukov1945 A Royal Scandal
as Mikhail Mikhailovich1945 Brewster's Millions
as Boris1944 Up in Mabel's Room
as Russell Paxton1944 Lady in the Dark
as himself1943 Around the World
as Stanislaus "Charlie" Noodnick1942 Don't Get Personal
as Nicolai Cherupin1942 Twin Beds
as Stanislaus1941 Sing Another Chorus
as Gregory1941 Hold That Ghost
as Boris Kabikoff1941 Cracked Nuts
as Clipper Canovan1941 Moonlight in Hawaii
as Pepi1941 Hellzapoppin'
as Grisha1940 Public Deb No. 1
as Sasha1940 Seven Sinners
as Felix Lobo Smith1940 Sandy Is a Lady
as Gustav1940 Spring Parade
as Andre1940 Alias the Deacon
as Gomez1940 Margie
as Boris1939 Destry Rides Again
as Nicky1939 East Side of Heaven
as Boris Bebenko1939 Unexpected Father
as Boris Kolenkhov1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Leo Kronk1938 Sweethearts
as Mike, Head Waiter1938 The Rage of Paris
as Dr. Trenkle1938 Little Tough Guys in Society
as Bibenko1938 Service de Luxe
as Count Sandor1937 Prescription for Romance
as Dimitri Ryeff1937 Marry the Girl
as Enrico Mussetti1937 We Have Our Moments
as Prince Muratov1937 Vogues of 1938
as Rinaldo Lopez1937 Pick a Star
as Baron Rene de Montigny1937 It's All Yours
as Hamlet1937 Top of the Town
as Michael1937 100 Men and a Girl
as Morevitch1936 The Princess Comes Across
as Count Arisztid1936 Three Smart Girls
as Diego1936 The Gay Desperado
as Carlo1936 My Man Godfrey
as Stage Actor1936 One Rainy Afternoon
as Ticket Taker at Door1936 College Holiday
as Radical1936 Winterset
as Chi1936 Tough Guy
as Victor Demetrius1936 The House of a Thousand Candles
as German Spy1936 Sons o' Guns
as Mr. Rabinowitz (uncredited)1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Monk1935 The Crusades
as Suraj Ud Dowlah1935 Clive of India
as Dmitri1935 Mystery Woman
as Kamchukan Consul (Uncredited)1935 Murder in the Fleet
as Darcy's Pianist1935 I Dream Too Much
as Captured Afridi (uncredited)1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Lefty Berger1935 We're Only Human
as Sikh Cop1934 Student Tour
as Servant (uncredited)1934 My Grandfather's Clock
as Military Attaché (uncredited)1934 Viva Villa!
as Smith1934 Change of Heart
as Sadik1934 Wharf Angel
as Dr. Wagner1934 The Woman Condemned
as Ameel Roberts1934 Stamboul Quest
as Arab leader (uncredited)1933 Clear All Wires!
as Village Priest1933 Cradle Song
as Manu--High Priest1933 The Flaming Signal
as Walksky1933 Girl without a Room
as Swami Yomurda1933 Sucker Money
as Mr. Thieson (uncredited)1933 Gabriel Over the White House
as Kassim1933 Dangerously Yours
as Agent Lehan1933 After Tonight
as Wild Man1933 The Intruder
as Piano Accompanist1933 I Loved You Wednesday
as Klein1933 Infernal Machine
as High Priest1933 Tarzan the Fearless
as Gavrilo Princip (uncredited)1933 Storm at Daybreak
as Volkov1933 Corruption
as Abu Eyd1932 The Unwritten Law
as Chapman1932 The Western Code
as Louvre Tour Guide (uncredited)1932 Arsène Lupin
as Sergei (Uncredited)1932 Scarlet Dawn
as Dummy Black1932 The Midnight Patrol
as Agitator in Restaurant (Uncredited)1932 Call Her Savage
as Butler Pouring Drinks at Party (uncredited)1932 Rasputin and the Empress
as Montcalm1932 The Last of the Mohicans
as Henry1932 Murder at Dawn
as Russian Policeman (uncredited)1932 Almost Married
as Hanns Krug1932 The Monster Walks
as Swami1932 Sinister Hands
as Herman Bauer1932 Beauty Parlor
as Skeets1932 Drifting Souls
as Man in Cafe1931 The Spy
as Duke Charles1931 Command Performance
as Prince Dakka1931 King of the Wild
as Mischa1931 Delicious
as Firing Squad Victim (uncredited)1931 Mata Hari
as Melchior1931 The Yellow Ticket
as Hassan's Aide1931 Women of All Nations
as Prince Nicolai Poliakoff1931 The Unholy Garden
as Romeo1931 No Limit
as Elsie's Boyfriend1931 Working Girls
as Thug (Murder Will Out) (uncredited)1930 Paramount on Parade
as Amahdi1930 Inside the Lines
as B-361930 Just Imagine
as Albert Brecker (uncredited)1930 The Benson Murder Case
as Frenchie1930 Shooting Straight
as Albert1929 Marquis Preferred
as Hood1929 The Mighty
as Man Dancing at The Boiler (uncredited)1929 Why Be Good?
as Grant's Secretary1929 The Studio Murder Mystery

TV Shows/Series with Mischa Auer as Actor(3)


Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), United States of America (USA)
Born: Friday, 11/17 1905 (November) in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died: Sunday, 03/05 1967 (March) in Rome (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Mischa Auer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky"
"Mischa Ounskowsky"
"Misha Auer"
"Mischa Aver"
"Михаил Семёнович Унсковский"
"Michail Semënovič Unskovskij"
Mischa Auer frequently works together with these people:
James Daly (12x, Actor)
Samuel S. Hinds (12x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (10x, Actor)
Cedric Gibbons (10x, Crew)
Jack Otterson (10x, Crew)
Orson Welles (9x, Actor)
Eugene Pallette (9x, Actor)
Franklin Pangborn (9x, Actor)
Douglas Shearer (9x, Crew)
Richard Kiley (9x, Actor)
Alfred Newman (9x, Crew)
Dennis O'Keefe (8x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:162636, Added: 07/06/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024